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3 weeks ago | 
ctinsider.com | Steve Barlow |Cody Dzis
The Shepaug softball team will try to win the Berkshire League championship for a third straight season starting Saturday with a game at Housatonic, but the Spartans will do so without their All-State pitcher, Amelia Jacob. Jacob, who has committed to pitch for the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla., next year, has decided to forgo her senior season with the Spartans as she prepares for college softball.
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3 weeks ago | 
registercitizen.com | Steve Barlow |Cody Dzis
Shepaug’s Amelia Jacob delivers a pitch against Housatonic on April 13, 2022 at Housatonic. Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut MediaShepaug softball's Amelia Jacob looks in during a 1-0 extra inning win over No. 10 Newtown at Shepaug on Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
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1 month ago | 
ctinsider.com | Steve Barlow
BRISTOL -- At the recent Central Connecticut Conference South boys swimming championships, Aidan Palaj won two individual events, set one meet record and one team record, and was part of two winning relays. Not bad for a kid who grew up not even liking the water. Article continues below this ad When his parents would take him to the beach or the pool at the age of 7, Palaj said, "I never liked going in the water.
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1 month ago | 
trumbulltimes.com | Steve Barlow
BRISTOL -- At the recent Central Connecticut Conference South boys swimming championships, Aidan Palaj won two individual events, set one meet record and one team record, and was part of two winning relays. Not bad for a kid who grew up not even liking the water. Article continues below this adWhen his parents would take him to the beach or the pool at the age of 7, Palaj said, “I never liked going in the water.
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2 months ago | 
rep-am.com | Steve Barlow
Fay Vincent Jr. was a big-shot executive in Hollywood and the corporate world who owned homes in Florida, Cape Cod and the Gold Coast of Connecticut. He was most famous…SUBSCRIPTION REQUIREDLOG INREGISTER to access your 5 FREE ARTICLES a week.
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2 months ago | 
rep-am.com | Steve Barlow
No. 6 UConn vs. ButlerWhere: XL Center, HartfordWhen: 1 p.m. TV/Radio: SNY, FM 96.9Records: UConn, 20-2, 11-0; Butler, 12-11, 2-8. Series: UConn leads, 6-0. Last meeting: UConn won, 88-62, on Dec. 18, 2023. Notable:n Today is UConn’s Play4Kay Pink Game. Fans attending the game are encouraged to wear pink to promote cancer research and to support breast cancer awareness.
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2 months ago | 
rep-am.com | Steve Barlow
The defensive deficiencies that have hurt the UConn men’s basketball team all season continued Saturday night at Xavier, and the Huskies’ offense failed to bail them out this time. The Musketeers (13-8, 5-5) handed UConn its third loss in five games, 76-72, at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati behind 15 points each from Dailyn Swain and Zach Freemantle and 14 points from Dante Maddox Jr.Aidan Mahaney played his best game as a member of the Huskies by finishing with 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting.
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2 months ago | 
rep-am.com | Steve Barlow
STORRS – The UConn men’s basketball program has a great chance to earn another championship this year. Although there may be uncertainty as to whether the Huskies can win the men’s national championship for a third year in a row, UConn has pretty good odds to win the NBA dunk contest. Three of the four participants for this year’s dunk contest Feb. 15 in San Francisco as part of the NBA All-Star weekend have been named. Two of them are former UConn players Andre Jackson Jr. and Stephon Castle.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
rep-am.com | Steve Barlow
STORRS – Paige Bueckers arrived at UConn five years ago with the goal of becoming the best player in UConn history, but in her opinion, that can’t be accomplished without winning national championships. Today, however, she can accomplish something none of the Huskies’ previous icons ever did. She can reach the 2,000-point career scoring milestone in only her 102nd game, a feat that will make her the fastest player in UConn history to reach that plateau.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
rep-am.com | Steve Barlow
STORRSVideo replays of the foul called on Creighton’s Steven Ashworth with 7.8 seconds to play in Saturday’s Big East battle clearly show UConn’s Hassan Diarra was fouled in the act of shooting a 3-pointer. Diarra should have been given the chance to tie the game with three free throws, but instead the Huskies had to resort to a bad 3-point attempt by Alex Karaban with four seconds left and lost, 68-63, to the Bluejays at Gampel Pavilion.
